Chapter 182: Renny

Meanwhile...

Penny sulked at her desk as her classmates kept hounding her with some news she was not interested in. Even Ginnie and Lily couldn’t help her, as they were being nagged by those who wanted to join the fan club.

The news of the charity event was so successful that there was an entire bulletin of the assembly and the event for that. For some reason, some of the students who didn’t sign up thought they missed the fun. Others simply wanted to be in the fan club because of the star section students, while a few because of the basketball team.

It was crazy!

’I really regret this fan club,’ said Penny to herself, keeping her head down while her classmates were still around her desk. ’I don’t want to have children when I grow up.’

"Okay, class —" Miss Sandford, who just got inside the classroom, stopped when she saw the situation. "Okay, everyone, back to your seats."

Her lips curled up, grasping that her students were simply very enthusiastic about the newly established club. When she stood in front of the class, a shallow breath slipped past her lips.

’This is much better than bullying,’ she thought, and if Penny heard that, the latter would’ve retorted it with passion. "Anyway, since the final exam is coming up, there will be some additions to the lessons we will cover and some that we’ll have to look back..."

Not dwelling on some other matters for now, Miss Sandford moved on to the most important part of her announcement.

As she did so, Penny slowly lifted her head and set her eyes on Miss Sandford.

’The final exam... I almost forgot about it,’ She thought, the life in her eyes twinkling back as she remembered there was still some return of investments she was waiting for.

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The final exam was always the exam that was taken seriously by most students. Hence, when it was announced early in the morning, the atmosphere in the academy suddenly turned solemn.

Some formed into groups for a study group; others chose to do solo study or kept their group at a maximum of two or three.

As for Penny...

Penny tightened the headband around her head and her eyes flared up. She slammed her hand on the table in their family library, making Slater jolt in surprise.

Slater gulped. "Penny, ha ha..." he laughed nervously. "You’re scaring me. Where did you get that hand fan, by the way?"

She looked like she was about to beat the heck out of him with equations and lessons of the past!

"Third Brother, I’ve prepared you some exam sheets from all our previous lessons," she said quietly and evilly, almost like she was possessed by the devil who was trying to hide its existence. "You better not mess it up."

"..." Slater internally wept.

What would happen to him if he messed it up?!

"My money’s on you," she stressed as the fire in her eyes blazed even more, making the rest of her face darken. "Don’t disappoint me."

Penny then blinked, and the fire in her eyes extinguished magically. She picked up one sheet and handed it to him, smiling.

"Third brother, you got forty-five minutes to answer this..." Again, she fired up. "Finish it correctly."

Slater gulped, his hand shaking as he took the paper closer to him.

As he picked up his pencil, Penny fanned herself happily and pressed the start button on the small necklace watch. She also had a whistle around her neck, as if she was some sort of a physical education teacher.

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Forty-five minutes later...

WHISTLES!

The sound of a whistle made Slater jump out of his seat. It was quiet for the past forty-five minutes. So the sudden noise startled his calm soul.

"Time’s up!" Penny smiled and swiftly took the answer sheet from the table, replacing it with another questionnaire and a blank answer sheet. "Moving on."

"Penny, can I have a break —" Slater bit his tongue, seeing all the emotions on her face disappear. "Nevermind. Ha ha!"

Slowly, he sat down in his seat again and got ready to answer.

Penny casually fanned herself, watching him in satisfaction. Despite her brother’s lack of confidence, he answered the exam very seriously.

’But!’her eyes sharpened as she glanced at his answer sheet. ’His score will decide if his looks even matched his score!’

Sensing her growing enthusiasm, Slater couldn’t help but peek at her again. He sighed helplessly, almost on the verge of tears.

If Penny was this serious, he was afraid he would have to say goodbye to his calm days.

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Penny wasn’t the only one who started getting into work to reach a goal for this final exam. Ray was just as... enthusiastic.

"Cousin~!" Ray lamented on the floor. "Cousin, please help me! I really need to study now, but I’m too distracted!"

Renren, who was quietly sitting on the courtyard deck, glanced at his cousin. "Ray, you’re so big and your limbs are so long that it’s strange to see you throw tantrums on the floor."

"But I need your help!"

"You don’t need help."

"I do! I want to make sure I sit beside the girl I was talking about!" Ray declared. "I will still be in the star section, but it’ll be a shame if Dean sits between us!"

Renren slowly shifted his eyes to the dramatic Ray. "That’s a shame."

"Renren, you’re the only one who can beat Dean in terms of academics! He held the number 1 spot in the top section for years and for once, I want to beat him!" Another deep exhale escaped Ray, squeezing out a tear, but to no avail. "Just teach me, okay? Or should you attend our school? It’ll be fun!"

"I’m already enrolled in your school."

"But you’re under a different program!" Ray huffed, fluttering his eyelashes coquettishly. "Please? Just tutor me and I promise to always be on time on Thursday! Pretty, please? Pity your cousin~"

To be honest, even if Ray cried a pool of blood, Renren wouldn’t bother. Why was Ray asking him when Renren hadn’t even gone to school? Because of Renren’s health, he had been homeschooling.

However, watching Ray bother him like this, he knew this guy wouldn’t stop harassing him. Hence, Renren nodded in surrender.

"Fine." Renren closed the book and tossed it to him. "Read that."

Ray caught the book midair, confused. "You want me to read this?" he glanced at the book, his face twitching as it was a book about animals as pets.

"Why are you reading this?"

"To learn more about how to be a proper master for Renny."

"Renny?" Ray furrowed his brows. "Who is that?"

"That." Renren jerked his chin, making Ray shift his gaze and see the little black cub playing in the garden.

"You named it Renny?" Ray scrunched up his nose, but when he cast his eyes back to Renren, all he saw was his cousin’s subtle smile.